THE SPREAD PICKLEBALL
Why directors and players switch

Make your events electric.
Pay less to do it.

The Spread was built by people who run and play in tournaments, focused on a better experience for directors and players, at a lower cost. Payments handled however you want. Formats you can change on the fly. And a tournament experience for players that goes beyond the bracket, with stats, graphics, and storylines that make every event feel bigger.

Want to click around with a full tournament already set up?
Try our live demo: real brackets, real data, nothing to sign up for.

Payments, your way
Collect fees however you want to
Some directors want registration and payment handled end to end. Others already have a system that works and just want a bracket. Neither one is the "wrong" choice here. It's a setting, not a lock-in.
Self-managed
$0.99 /player
plus $0 Stripe fees
  • Collect and refund fees your own way: cash, Venmo, your own account, whatever you already use
  • No processor cut stacked on top of our fee
  • Full control over timing and refunds
Integrated (Stripe Connect)
$0.99 /player
plus standard Stripe processing
  • Stripe Connect handles collection and pays entry fees straight to your account
  • No manual tracking, no separate payment app
  • Refunds and receipts handled automatically
Built for directors
Change your mind mid-tournament. We mean it.
Most platforms lock your format in once bracket play starts. We built ours assuming you'll need to adjust, because real tournaments always do.
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Every round is independently configurable, live

Switch a single playoff round from best-of-3 to single game because you're behind schedule. Bump the winning score for the championship only. Change the win-by rule for third place. Every round of pool play, playoffs, finals, third-place, and the championship has its own format, and you can edit any of them on the fly, mid-event, straight from the bracket screen, without regenerating anything or losing scores already entered. Save a configuration as a preset once, and reuse it across every future tournament you run.

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Courts that assign themselves

Our court engine re-assigns the moment a score is entered, so the next match is always sent to the next open court: no walking the venue with a clipboard.

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Six formats, mixed freely

Pool play + bracket, single elim, double elim, round robin, scramble, or 4-person Pro Team play. Pick a different one for every division in the same tournament.

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Real eligibility rules

DUPR ranges, age brackets (split or both-partner), gender restrictions, all enforced automatically so you're not fielding "can I play up?" emails.

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Live stream, court by court

Attach a stream link to any court (Show Court, Grandstand, Center Court) and it's embedded right where players are already watching for their match.

Built for players
The fun stuff no one else builds
Directors pick us for the operations. Players stick around for this.
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The Spread predictor

Every matchup gets a live, Vegas-style point spread and predicted score based on real ratings, right there on the bracket card.

Signature feature
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Player analytics

Your rating trend, your current form, and plain-English match takes like "Moral victory" or "Won despite underperforming."

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Your Journey page

A running career timeline of first wins, first titles, and upsets you pulled off, auto-generated from every match you've played.

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Partnership history

Full head-to-head history with every partner you've ever played with, including the first match and first title you won together.

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Team rankings

A live public leaderboard so bragging rights don't have to wait for the next tournament.

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Sportswire

A running feed of what's happening across every event: upsets, results, and storylines as they unfold.

Your event deserves better than a spreadsheet.

Free to set up. Flat fees. No lock-in.